Synology has released its first significant beta update to DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0, bringing it to version 7.1. The jump to 7 from 6.X was a major one, including an overhaul of GUI for a much more streamlined look-and-feel and a focus on addressing security issues that were plaguing NAS users at the time. While
Netgear has introduced the WAX630E, an Insight Cloud Managed Access Point, featuring a new ultra-wide, ultra-fast WiFi frequency band. The WAX630E supports 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands to deliver an aggregate speed of 7.8Gbps WiFi throughput. A 2.5Gbps PoE port and a 1Gbps Ethernet port are supported on the new AP.
QNAP has announced the immediate availability of their dual-CPU, NVMe all-flash storage TDS-h2489FU NAS, which is purpose-built for HPC, virtualization, file servers, and 4K/8K multimedia applications. The new NAS is highlighted by its Intel Xeon Silver 4300 processors (16 or 32 Cores) and twenty-four U.2 NVMe Gen 4 x4 SSD bays and is quoted over
Seagate has added to its PS4 and PS5 console external storage portfolio with the new officially licensed Game Drive. This includes a collaboration with one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, Horizon Forbidden West. Available in capacities ranging from 2TB to 4TB, the new external hard drive is firmware-optimized for both PS5 and
Broadcom has announced the Gen 7 64G Fibre Channel switch platform, the Brocade G730 Switch. The G730 is a high density, secure, 128-port core switching platform for the autonomous SAN. They also announced the industry’s first double density 64G Fibre Channel optical transceiver that expands the port density for the Brocade G730 and G720 switches.
VMware has announced general availability for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 (VCF) with integration for NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite. VCF 4.4 delivers the latest innovations in full-stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) as a hybrid cloud platform. We did a deep dive about a year ago when Dell and EMC were still married. You can read about that
NetApp announced general availability for the latest release of Netapp Astra Contol, delivering new data management functionality, broader support for storage providers, new K8s platforms, and certification on Openshift. Astra Control provides application-aware data protection and now includes enhanced support for Azure Disks and Google Persistent Disks and Azure NetApp Files and Cloud Volumes Service
Dell Technologies has introduced enhanced APEX as-a-Service offerings with an integrated console that offers a single pane of glass to access all APEX services. APEX consists of four cloud services that include Multi-Cloud Data Services, Backup Services, Storage, and DevOps. The console is focused on delivering a consistent cloud management tool for public cloud, private
Red Hat, Inc. enhances support for hybrid and multi-cloud by including Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation as part of OpenShift Platform Plus. This new bundle builds out the full-featured, complete hybrid cloud platform addressing cloud-native computing requirements. Announced today, the latest offering brings data services to the enterprise Kubernetes platform in a single solution, including software-defined
With the continued growth for Azure Stack HCI, customers have been asking for a tool to help with ongoing sizing challenges. Responding to requests, Azure developed the Sizing Tool For Azure Stack HCI. The sizing tool can be accessed here. Microsoft has created a tutorial to make the tool easier to use. Go here to
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